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      NPR One

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      NPR One is a whole new way to listen to stories, shows, and podcasts from NPR and your local public radio station.

      It’s public radio made personal.

      A handcrafted experience.
      NPR One starts with the latest headlines then moves to a flow of stories that matter - narratives that increase your understanding, create connections, enrich your life and enliven your mind. All thoughtfully curated by hand, every day.

      Always learning from you.
      Just pop in your ear buds, tap your phone and NPR One starts flowing. And NPR One gets to know you. Skip what you don't want, or tap the lightbulb to say a story is interesting. We'll turn NPR One into your own personal radio station.

      Love to listen on the go? Get the most out of NPR One with Android Auto and Android Wear. Skip, pause, and search at a glance without even touching your phone.
      Staying at home? You can Chromecast NPR One to your TV or Cast for Audio devices.

      Personal, not prescriptive.
      Though your stream is personalized to deliver the stories you want, you’ll still hear the top news of the day and the stories you had no idea would captivate you.

      Connected locally.
      Even with the breadth of public radio at your fingertips, you won’t lose touch at home. Local news is woven seamlessly into your listening experience. Local stories, locally reported, are delivered daily. Community is everything.

      Features
      • A personalized stream of NPR and local station news and stories
      • Skip, rewind, pause and share
      • Search for your favorite shows, programs and podcasts
      • International, national, regional and local content
      • A simple, intuitive interface
      • Sleep timer with five presets

      It’s simple. It’s intuitive. It’s there for you. (Wherever ‘there’ is.)

      As fast as the world is changing the way it listens to public radio, NPR One is changing the way we deliver it. NPR is here to deliver the public radio experience wherever you are. Whenever you can connect.

      Here we go. It’s NPR One.
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      Reviews

      4.0
      11,871 total
      5 5,950
      4 2,690
      3 1,291
      2 832
      1 1,108
      Dawn Elliott
      This app does not interface well with my sg7. When I get a phone call that app does not turn off at plays in the background. Also when I close all my active apps I have to actually go into MPR and press pause I can't even see how to turn off the app so it's always running in the background. Otherwise I love it and I would have given it a 5-star review
      Orrin Stanforth
      I really love the app and have found a couple new pod casts thanks to its suggestions. However, every time I try to use it with Android Auto, it freezes at the end of each act and buffered indefinitely. I can only fix it by using my phone to end the program and restart it (which means I have to wait until I can pull over and stop driving).
      Mr. Smed
      Love NPR, but this app never works quite right. You have to wait an unknown amount of time after opening the app to get it to play anything. I don't like to babysit my apps until they do what they're supposed to do... And to top things off it crashes every single time I use it on my GS6. Every. Time.
      Kyle Reeves
      Great app with great content! Support your local stations! My only complaint is that longer shows tend to end early and start over. Seems to happen most often with statehouse blend Missouri/Kansas. I'm also always listening over Chromecast audio.
      Vương Kim Lương
      Fast and clear podcast audio. Thing that I hope that they change the way the podcast is played. I mean, for example: when I'm listening to Ted Radio Hour, when the player finished playing one episode, it should have played next episode in the Ted series, NOT by playing some other news instead.
      Eve Vs. Wilms
      Used to work beautifully, now buggy. Podcasts will restart at random points back to the beginning MULTIPLE times while trying to listen. Followed shows don't appear. I like the content which is why I'll currently give it three stars but it's in dire need of some help making it run smoothly again. Update: worked better for a while but back to being buggy. Some shows that start over won't allow you to fast forward to where you were. If I have to pause a show take a call, many times when the app is in background and I bring it back up, NPR One will instead start playing another podcast I've already listened to. Unable to manage followed shows- this is probably something on my end, but it's not obvious how to delete podcasts you are following. Five stars for content, though.

      User reviews

      Dawn Elliott June 1, 2017
      This app does not interface well with my sg7. When I get a phone call that app does not turn off at plays in the background. Also when I close all my active apps I have to actually go into MPR and press pause I can't even see how to turn off the app so it's always running in the background. Otherwise I love it and I would have given it a 5-star review
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      Orrin Stanforth May 16, 2017
      I really love the app and have found a couple new pod casts thanks to its suggestions. However, every time I try to use it with Android Auto, it freezes at the end of each act and buffered indefinitely. I can only fix it by using my phone to end the program and restart it (which means I have to wait until I can pull over and stop driving).
      Full Review
      Mr. Smed May 31, 2017
      Love NPR, but this app never works quite right. You have to wait an unknown amount of time after opening the app to get it to play anything. I don't like to babysit my apps until they do what they're supposed to do... And to top things off it crashes every single time I use it on my GS6. Every. Time.
      Full Review
      Kyle Reeves May 14, 2017
      Great app with great content! Support your local stations! My only complaint is that longer shows tend to end early and start over. Seems to happen most often with statehouse blend Missouri/Kansas. I'm also always listening over Chromecast audio.
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      Vương Kim Lương May 9, 2017
      Fast and clear podcast audio. Thing that I hope that they change the way the podcast is played. I mean, for example: when I'm listening to Ted Radio Hour, when the player finished playing one episode, it should have played next episode in the Ted series, NOT by playing some other news instead.
      Full Review
      Eve Vs. Wilms May 18, 2017
      Used to work beautifully, now buggy. Podcasts will restart at random points back to the beginning MULTIPLE times while trying to listen. Followed shows don't appear. I like the content which is why I'll currently give it three stars but it's in dire need of some help making it run smoothly again. Update: worked better for a while but back to being buggy. Some shows that start over won't allow you to fast forward to where you were. If I have to pause a show take a call, many times when the app is in background and I bring it back up, NPR One will instead start playing another podcast I've already listened to. Unable to manage followed shows- this is probably something on my end, but it's not obvious how to delete podcasts you are following. Five stars for content, though.
      Full Review
      NPR February 7, 2017
      Thanks for the feedback, sorry about this bug, we've been chasing it down for a while now. We are testing a fix right now that resolves the bug, should be available soon.
      Nathan Kaeter May 23, 2017
      A queue feature would be nice so I can line up stories before a drive or get one ready for after the one I am on. Excellent podcasts and news for driving or leg work. Also I can't find mpr's the current as a station. Way too many bugs, doesn't seem to be getting better.
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      Peter Haagensen May 19, 2017
      Content is very good, but app is plagued with technical and design problems. Once you heard something and stopped in the middle for lack of signal, it's impossible to go back to it; once the phone switches signal source, the app gets locked and doesn't play anymore; searching is pretty bad; app layout is disorganized and things are difficult to find; buffering is minimal and it doesn't offer any offline capabilities
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      timothy miranda May 27, 2017
      Love the app, it's a big part of my life. Unfortunately v. 1.7.2.2 stops playing a few seconds after pushing play. My rating is based on how great the interface is and really how nice it is to use when it works and my hope that this bug will be fixed soon.
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      Emily Lin May 10, 2017
      Buggy but certainly improving with the new update. Android Auto interface is still off.. clicking a news story does not trigger a start of the news story (you need to click it again). Can this be looked at? Thanks for the great app!
      Full Review
      Isaac Zolot May 12, 2017
      It's a good app to get high quality NPR podcasts in great quality. On the other hand, the explore menu needs to be broken up into separate tabs for "explore" and "my shows" .The notification and show following system doesn't work well at all; I don't get notifications consistently when I want them and all my followed shows don't show up under my followed show folder consistently. In sum, it is a good app that needs lots of work on its menus and bugs.
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      Tom Tait May 23, 2017
      Great standalone, but with Android Auto it's pretty bad. Latest offered newscast is over an hour old, and then it doesn't play anyway. AA mode doesn't support "click now to hear..." offerings, so why even play them? Are you spending all your time on Apple? Please fix it, it worked a few weeks ago and you broke it.
      Full Review
      Adrian Maddox May 13, 2017
      I love NPR, but this app is so difficult to use. I can't find very popular shows (ala This American Life, Serial) because they don't have it listed as a featured show. These shows won't even show up if you search for them. It's incredibly frustrating.
      Full Review
      Mumblyjoe Bizarro May 16, 2017
      Not that happy. Why do I need to log in? Why does it switch to web streaming sometimes? Wanted an app that could do Chromecast. The web browser can't.
      Full Review
      Matt Pirc May 23, 2017
      Absolutely garbage. Search function doesn't work, basic functions are too buggy to operate, going to a particular podcast causes an endless loading loop consistently, and there is no low bandwidth option so it eats up your data. Why was this released in this state?
      Full Review
      May 28, 2017
      Skips first few seconds of audio, can't listen to programs that play ads because the ad is too short and they don't show up in the history tab. Lots of promise.
      Full Review
      Ace Young May 19, 2017
      Pretty mediocre. It's a great centralized place to get the news that I'm interested in, especially local news, but constantly getting stuck between podcasts is quickly making this my least favorite podcast app.
      Full Review
      Jason Manning May 10, 2017
      Great app for listening to NPR. I especially like that it tends to start on the most recent national news broadcast. Eats up a lot of data but I don't mind for the quality!
      Full Review
      Tony Mc June 4, 2017
      I love NPR and the content, but the app is so glitchy I have to give up using it on a daily basis. It is so frustrating to be listening to a great story and then have it stop, then close the app, open the app, search for the podcast, only to have it no longer display. Close the app again, wait...open the app...wait, find the podcast, select it. Watch it immediately auto advance to the end and jump to the next story, and do that over and over.
      Full Review
      Jennifer M Mott May 10, 2017
      After working well for about a month, this app has rendered itself useless again. It plays one item then it's just an endless spinning wheel and the next story never loads. Frustrating.
      Full Review
      NPR April 3, 2017
      Thanks for the feedback. We're focusing on resolving these bugs right now, and are testing the fix currently. We hope to begin releasing the fixes later this week.
      Clarissa Cutrell May 23, 2017
      I really enjoy exploring new podcasts and stories. Great app! But beware, if you're not careful this app will guzzle data! I had to turn off the background data.
      Full Review
      Matthew Dahl May 13, 2017
      If you have even a passing interest in local, national, or international news and events, this is the single most important app you can download. It's got everything great you love about NPR, and even a solid selection of programs from outside the realm of public radio. My one and only quibble is with the UI. Having more precise transport features in the actual player would be nice, but it certainly doesn't detract from the overall experience. Five-million stars.
      Full Review
      Roger Rabbit May 30, 2017
      Won't start. Won't finish. Stops frequently. Worst podcasting app ever. Tunein and others work better.big disappointment
      Full Review
      Nicolás Steven Rojas May 30, 2017
      NPR has the best podcasts. Their app could use some improving though, using a listening queque or at least not jumping automatically to another podcast and also having the option to download them in order to listen to them later.
      Full Review
      Feathering Walthamstone May 27, 2017
      Why do I need a account to listen to my local station? I only installed this because the OPB apps live stream doesn't work and the mobile browser live stream hasn't worked properly in more than a year.
      Full Review
      Natasha Habib May 31, 2017
      I like the content, but the app is glitchy. I often have to restart it multiple times to get my followed shows to appear, for example. I also wish we could live stream our local NPR stations on it, and select followed showed shows, etc from the sidebar.
      Full Review
      John Berkowitz May 26, 2017
      Interface could be more intuitive. Nevertheless this app is the perfect mainline hit of news and analysis to help me choke down my morning latte and afternoon iced tea.
      Full Review
      Dan S May 20, 2017
      App doesn't play selected podcast on Samsung S8+. Sometimes I have to reselect it three or four times before it plays. Very frustrating. Always plays local news and national news. I don't want to hear the news!!
      Full Review
      Shaun Currier May 25, 2017
      Playback problems persist. Wondering why it's not open source.
      Full Review
      NPR August 31, 2016
      Thanks for the feedback. We have this in our bug tracker and are continuing to investigate.
      Mikail Kiarie May 17, 2017
      App keeps crashing and the only way to fix it is to restart and it still is not a guarantee it's going to work. It's frustrating and I might have to uninstall.
      Full Review
      NPR January 4, 2016
      Thanks for the honest feedback, and thanks for giving us a try.
      Elisabeth Hanan May 12, 2017
      Overall this is a great app. I like the "deep dive" features for catching up on certain topics. I would love to see an update that would allow me to add stories to a queue that would autoplay for me after the story that is currently playing finishes.
      Full Review
      Harrison Waner May 14, 2017
      I like podcast. I like NPR. I am a millennial. This app is not n user friendly. Finding a podcast is like making a complaint to fcc # John oliver
      Full Review
      gates jacques May 15, 2017
      Useless app never works always buffering can't pre download.
      Full Review
      May 19, 2017
      Kind of annoying. Will continue playing when the app is closed, so I have to force shut down.
      Full Review
      Connor Berry May 23, 2017
      Were do i start with the bugs. The app has gone downhill fast. It really needs a offline feature.
      Full Review
      NPR November 11, 2016
      We're currently testing fixes for the top 3 crash issues and hope to release them next week. Thanks for the feedback.
      Alex Mwangi May 14, 2017
      Hope you guys optimize it for slow networks or offer different audio bitrates for those who are on data bundles.
      Full Review
      Peter Bargh May 11, 2017
      It's okay overall, but personally I would like to see see more current international affairs broadcasted rather than focusing on news in relation to USA.
      Full Review
      Peter Lorenz May 17, 2017
      I don't want to have to sign in NPR let me just use it
      Full Review
      Paweł Łukowski May 14, 2017
      I love this app for being a one stop shop for great podcasts and a daily dose of news. I would give it 5* if it wasn't for constant bugs and limited functionality.
      Full Review
      Piotr Romanus May 24, 2017
      It is almost impossible to listen to the national news. Huge number of bugs.
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      What's New

      This release addresses several issues affecting playback, and other miscellaneous bugs. Stories should no longer cutoff early and / or switch to the next story unprompted. Android Auto should properly update on new sessions, and some Chromecast bugs were resolved. Please keep the feedback coming and let us know if the experience has improved for you. Thank you for using NPR One!

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      Updated
      May 11, 2017
      Installs
      1,000,000 - 5,000,000
      Current Version
      1.7.2.2
      Requires Android
      4.1 and up
      Content Rating
      PEGI 3
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